Cnidus
Knidos or Cnidus was a Greek city in ancient Caria and part of the Dorian Hexapolis, in south-western Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. It was situated on the Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the Sinus Ceramicus, now known as Gulf of Gökova.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (170 feet)
- Description: ancient city of Caria in modern-day Turkey
- Also known as“Knidos”“Mint of Cnidus”
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Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos
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370 metres northwest of Cnidus
Cnidus
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Latitude
36.68721° or 36° 41′ 14″ north
Longitude
27.3769° or 27° 22′ 37″ east
Open location code
8G89M9PG+VQ
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Cnidus” goes by many names.
كنيدوسArabic
ԿնիդոսArmenian
KnidosAsturian
KnidoBasque
Горад КнідBelarusian
КнідBelarusian
KnidosBreton
КнидосBulgarian
CnidosCatalan
克尼多斯Chinese
尼多士Chinese
尼多斯Chinese
KnidosCzech
KnidosDanish
CnidusDutch
كنيدوسEgyptian Arabic
KnidoEsperanto
KnidosFinnish
CnidoGalician
კნიდოსიGeorgian
Κνίδος ΚαρίαςGreek
קנידוסHebrew
KnidoszHungarian
KnidosIndonesian
KnidosIrish
CnidoItalian
クニドスJapanese
크니도스Korean
CnidusLatin
KnidosNorwegian
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